Viewers can catch James Lipton's interview with Williams at 8 p.m. Thursday on Bravo. Williams demonstrates his gifts as an improvisational performer, causing the studio audience to guffaw.

The episode originally aired June 10, 2001. As the show marked its 250th episode, fans selected the Williams installment as their favorite in a poll on BravoTV.com.

"There are so many reasons to grieve the loss of Robin Williams," Lipton said in a statement. "One of the saddest is that he takes with him the multitude of characters he created -- 52 of them in a three-minute span in the film 'Aladdin.' If it is true that an actor's talent lays in the role choices he or she makes, Robin's talent was unmatchable. But we already knew that, didn’t we?"